My dad had a store of useful phrases for any occasion.Most memorable for me was, “I need X like I … More
Category: Fathers and Sons
To Give Again
“To another Valentine’s Day,” the older man said, lifting his pint. The two, sitting side by side, clinked glasses, took … More
Walking Through Downtown Honolulu
With her tousled white hair and shredded clothes, the elderly Japanese woman appears to be someone living on the street. … More
The Astronaut
When I was young, my dad told me he went to the moon on a big rocket ship.He said it was … More
No Turning Back
He wasn’t the type who’d say, This is my old lady. He introduced my mom by her nickname only, never … More
Target
He watched the Buddhist monks practice their archery at Kapiolani Park. They would draw back the bow string, close their … More
Then and Now
I had to go back to the place on Maui where my father and I used to fish. Coming to … More
The Swimming Lesson
When Art Kamaka was three years old, his father had drowned, along with two friends, while fishing in the Kaiwi … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 7, The Good Old Summertime
If I’d been the right age to have experienced those long summer breaks of my childhood, where I’d have two-and-a-half … More
The Wrong Place (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 12)
Recovering himself, Chan said. “We found heroin in Cal’s locker at Siu Lum Pai. He stole it from one of the Mexicans … More
Footsteps (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 11)
Father and son sat on the lānai of their Punchbowl home. The sunset was one of those spectacular Hawaiian ones so … More
The Loss of a Son (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 10)
Chan gathered himself in the corridor outside Conrad Jones’s room. Now he would have to tell him about his son’s death. One … More
No Kidding Around (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 9)
Sure enough, there was a duffle bag in the locker. It contained three large bags of white powder. The next morning, … More
Family Moments (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 8)
Late that evening, nothing else breaking, David Chan staggered home to get food and a few hours of sleep. It turned … More